1. Steiner Family
1.1. Rudy Steiner
1.1.1. Liesel's best friend and is in love with her
1.2. Alex Steiner
1.2.1. Rudy's father
1.2.2. he was drafted into the army
1.3. Barbara Steiner
1.3.1. Rudy's mother
1.4. Kurt Steiner
1.4.1. Rudy's older brother
2. Hermann Family
2.1. Ilsa Hermann
2.1.1. Mayors wife
2.2. Heinz Hermann
2.2.1. Mayor of Molching
2.2.2. Ilsa's husband
2.3. Johann Hermann
2.3.1. froze to death in 1918 while fighting in World War 1
2.3.2. Ilsa and Heinz's son
3. Towns people
3.1. Frau Henrich
3.1.1. from the foster care agency
3.2. Franz Deutscher
3.2.1. Leader of Rudys Hitler Youth Group
3.2.2. likes to humiliating Rudy
3.3. Frau Diller
3.3.1. owner of the candy store
3.3.2. "good" German who follows the rules
3.4. Frau Olendrich
3.4.1. Liesel's teacher
3.5. Frau Hallah
3.5.1. asked Hans to paint her window but didn't have the money
3.6. Pfiffikus
3.6.1. an old man who whistles alot
3.7. The Fielders
3.7.1. live 6 houses down from the Memingers
3.8. Dieter Westheimer
3.8.1. owner of a bar called the Knoller
3.9. Otto Sturm
3.9.1. wealthy boy, targeted by Arthur's gang
3.10. Tommy Muller
3.10.1. classmate of Rudy and Liesel
3.11. Rudolf
3.11.1. one they found after the bombing
4. Holtzapfel Family
4.1. Frau Holtzapfel
4.1.1. Hubermann's neighbor
4.1.2. has a feud with Rosa
4.2. Michael Holtzapfel
4.2.1. Frau Holtzapfel's son
4.2.2. survives the war but is destroyed by guilt
4.2.3. commits suicide
4.3. Robert Holtzapfel
4.3.1. Michael's brother
4.3.2. legs were blown off and dies later in a makeshift hospital
5. Meminger Family
5.1. Liesel Meminger
5.1.1. The book thieft
5.1.2. traumatized by her brothers death
5.2. Paula Meminger
5.2.1. Liesel's mother
5.2.2. gives her up for adoption
5.3. Werner Meminger
5.3.1. Liesel's 6 year old brother who died
6. Apple Stealing Gang
6.1. Arthur Berg
6.1.1. leader of the gang
6.1.2. very kind to others
6.2. Viktor Chemmel
6.2.1. replaced Arthur as leader
6.2.2. steals for excitement
7. Vandenburg Family
7.1. Max Vandenburg
7.1.1. Hubermann's secret lodger
7.1.2. has tremendous rage towards Hitler
7.2. Erik Vandenburg
7.2.1. Han's German Jewish Friend
7.2.2. Max's father
8. People Hans knows
8.1. Reinhold Zucker
8.1.1. trades spots with Hans on the bus, which saved Hans life
8.1.2. temper gets him killed
8.2. Boris Schipper
8.2.1. part of the air raid unit that Hans becomes part of
8.3. Eddie Alma
8.3.1. was in accident with Han's
8.4. Helmut Brohmann
8.4.1. Driver of vehicle when exploaded
9. Classmates
9.1. Jugen Schwartz
9.1.1. helped inspect the boys with Herr Heckenstaller
9.2. Olaf Spiegal
9.2.1. one of the first boys to take off his pants
10. Schmeikl Family
10.1. Andy Schmeikl
10.1.1. Ludwig's older brother
10.2. Ludwig Schmeikl
10.2.1. classmate of Liesel
10.2.2. taunts her because she cant read
10.2.3. gets beat up by Liesel, then gets injured and she helped him
11. Hubbermann Family
11.1. Hans Hubbermann
11.1.1. Liesel's stepfather
11.1.2. very kindhearted and patient
11.2. Rosa Hubbermann
11.2.1. Liesel's stepmother
11.2.2. very impatient, can be caring at times
11.3. Junior Hubbermann
11.3.1. Son of Rosa and Hans
11.3.2. him and his father do not get along
11.4. Trudy Hubermann
11.4.1. daughter of Rosa and Hans
11.4.2. not present in the novel
12. Bad people
12.1. Death
12.1.1. Narrator of the book
12.2. Adolf Hitler
12.2.1. leader of Nazi Germany